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Prosecutor formally appeals Barayagwiza release ruling

    NAIROBI

    The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday formally filed her brief requesting a review of the decision of the Appeals Chamber of the Tribunal to release genocide suspect Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza on technical legal grounds, UN Spokesman for the Secretary-General Fred Eckhard told journalists on Thursday. Del Ponte said she had new facts that she hoped would prompt a reversal of the
    decision; alternatively, she hoped the appeals court would remove its provision that the release should be "with prejudice" to the Prosecutor, thus allowing the ICTR to re-arrest Barayagwiza, the independent Hirondelle news agency reported. "There is no date set for the Chamber to make its decision," Eckhard stated on Thursday.

    Eckhard also said the indictment against a high-ranking former Rwandan official arrested in France last week - the first time a person accused by the Tribunal has been arrested in France - was "formally sealed" on Thursday, and that arrangements were underway for the transfer of the accused to Arusha. The suspect has been widely reported to be Jean de Dieu Kamuhanda, Minister for Further Education, Research and Culture in the interim government that presided over the 1994 genocide, who was arrested
    on 26 November in the French town of Bourges.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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